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Adama Science and Technology University

School of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Individual Assignment On

Information Storage and Retrieval(SEng3301)

Submitted on: 9/4/2024

Submitted to: Dr Mesfin Abebe.


Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR)

Cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) is a sub field of information retrieval dealing with
retrieving information written in a language different from the language of the user's query. For
example, a user may pose their query in English but retrieve relevant documents written in French.
Researchers in Cross-Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) seek to support the process of finding
documents written in one natural language with automated systems that can accept queries expressed
in other languages.
For example : Web-based English-Chinese Information Retrieval System, ECIRS. ECIRS provides a cross-
language platform for helping people to retrieve Chinese information without inputting a Chinese
query. The web-based client-server architecture allows more users to access ECIRS through the
worldwide Internet.

ECIRS consists of a client side and a server side. The client side is a web-based user interface. The server
side includes bilingual dictionaries, content based document index files, a Chinese search engine and
Chinese document collections

Client side Server side


Allows a user to input a query An English-Chinese
in English and send the query dictionary and a Chinese-English
to the server side then the dictionary, are used to translate the
result contains an entry list of user's query from English into Chinese
relevant documents in key word in ECIRS
Chinese

Cross-Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) is also known as cross-lingual, trans-lingual, or


multilingual information retrieval. The technology is used for retrieving multilingual collections and
translating material from one language to another.

CLIR systems use different translation techniques and can be categorized into dictionary-based, parallel
corpora based, comparable corpora based, and machine translator based techniques. These systems have
improved significantly, with the most accurate ones being nearly as effective as monolingual systems.

CLIR technology is especially beneficial for users with limited knowledge of the target language. It uses
specific technologies like morphological analysis, decompounding, compound splitting, and translation
mechanisms.

References
Cross-language information retrieval - Wikipedia

ECIRS: An English-Chinese cross-language information-retrival system


(researchgate.net)

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